You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.

I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way.

People say you cant teach writing, but I think thats nonsense.

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.

I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass.

I'm going to a commune in Vermont and will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season.

In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place